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. 2021 Dec 14;16(12):e0261385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261385

Table 2. Adjudicated phenotypes and etiologies.

Etiology Number of Subjects
Bacterial Infection
    Streptococcus pyogenes 11
    Streptococcus pneumoniae 9
    Staphylococcus aureus 7
    Haemophilus influenzae 2
    Legionella pneumophila 2
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2
    Othera 14
Viral Infection
    Influenza A 78
    RSV 12
    Metapneumovirus 12
    Rhinovirus 11
    Enterovirus/Rhinovirus 11
    Coxsackievirus/Echovirus 8
    Coxsackievirus/Echovirus + Rhinovirus 8
    Coronavirus (not SARS-CoV-2) 6
    Parainfluenza 6
    Influenza B 4
    Adenovirus 4
    Epstein Barr Virus 2
Non-Infectious Illness
    Asthma 15
    Congestive Heart Failure 15
    Interstitial Lung Disease 6
    Pulmonary Embolism 6
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 5
    Malignancy 5
    Allergic Rhinitis 3
    Chest Pain 2
    Diabetic Ketoacidosis 2
    Myocardial Infarction 2
    Otherb 16

aOther bacterial etiologies included one instance of each of the following: Beta hemolytic Streptococcus (not Group A), Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pasteurella multocida, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus hominis, Streptococcus agalactiae and Coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Streptococcus anginosus, Streptococcus Group C, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus, and Viridans Group Streptococcus.

bOther non-infectious etiologies included one instance of each of the following: acute allograft rejection, acute respiratory distress syndrome, anaphylaxis, hemidiaphragm paralysis, hemoptysis, intoxication, malignant pleural effusion, migraine, nephrolithiasis, post-infectious cough, post-operative pain, post-operative vocal cord paralysis, pulmonary hypertension, subglottic papilloma, syncope, tracheobronchomalacia.